This mum decided to hold a mirror up to her daughter's diva strop - by lip-syncing along to her screams and wails.

Jennifer Closson Aprea, from Los Angeles, decided that life was too short to lose her cool as her daughter threw herself on to the bathroom floor in a rage - and simply whipped out her mobile phone instead.

Giving the video its own hashtag #TantrumLipSync, Jennifer posted the footage to Facebook and YouTube, writing: "#TantrumLipSync is going to be a thing. Just watch. You saw it here first folks. LOL!"

The mum of two , who also has a young son, has caught the attention of other exasperated mothers on the Internet who try to pass tantrum time with jokes.

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One mum wrote: "My husband and I do this when we get the long wails going. I never thought to video and tantrum lip sync! Brilliant!"

Another added: "I do this when my kids tantrum..they usually realise they're acting a fool real quick."

Jennifer later explained that her daughter, Danielle, had ended up laughing by the end of the video - so bedtime was eventually a success.